Sommerville Captures
Podium Finish in PASS North
Event at Speedway 660
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tex
Motorsports Marketing
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Chris Ragle
Saint John, NB, Canada 6/15/10- Not since the PASS South event on
April 3rd at the Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina had the
Lonnie Sommerville Racing team rolled out their #23 A.E. McKay Builders Chevy
Impala for competition. Their return to racing this weekend at their home track
of Speedway 660 for the PASS North tour’s only trip to Canada was just two
positions away from a perfect race as Lonnie would bring home the third place
hardware.
The finish, by Sommerville, was the highest among the
eight Canadian locals hoping to fend off the American invaders. While the plan
to become the first Canadian winner on the PASS North tour in quite some time
didn’t go as planned, the solid podium finish was still a great way to start
the 2010 Canadian racing season.
“This third place finish tonight is bitter-sweet
because every year this is a race I really want to win and we’ve come up just
short the last couple of years. The top five cars were all pretty close
together in my opinion, maybe Johnny (Clark) had a car that was just a bit
better than everyone else so that’s probably why he was the winner at the end
of the night,” stated Sommerville after the event.
The 200 lap event, divided into two 100 lap segments,
produced some tight hard-nosed racing with a lot of give and take style racing
among the leaders making a good show for those who had bought a ticket. Over
the first fifty laps Sommerville was able to make his way into the top five
with ease. It would take the same amount of laps however to make it to the
third position at the event’s halfway break. The five-minute break allowed the
Sommerville camp to change two right side tires, add fuel, and make a small
chassis adjustment in hopes of giving their A.E. McKay Builders/Pub’s Bottle
Exchange Chevy that extra bit of grip to have a shot at the win.
The final half of the event went clean and green with
the racing among the leaders and lap cars becoming intense at times. Clark was
able to pull away out front due to the advantage of the move-over flag for
lapped vehicles. This left Sommerville battling with Cassius Clark for a chance
at the runner-up position in the closing laps, but without some type of contact
or mistake on Clark’s part, it was not to be, forcing Sommerville to cross the
line third.
Next up for the Lonnie Sommerville Racing team will
be back at Speedway 660 in Geary, NB on July 10th for the Max 1 Advanced
Synthetic Oil 150 “best of the best” pro stock event. Stay tuned to
www.lonniesommerville.com for all the latest news and information regarding
Lonnie Sommerville Racing in 2010. For public relations and website information
contact Chris Ragle with Tex Motorsports Marketing at cragle02@yahoo.com or
call 704-706-3666.